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Every incident where a lawyer got caught filing AI-fabricated citations. The Hall of Shame.

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ChatGPT 156 Claude 9 Copilot 8 Gemini 7 Lexis+ AI 4 LegalAI 3 Westlaw Precision 3 ChatOn 2 CoCounsel 2 LEAP 2 AI-assisted legal software 1 AI-based legal software 1 Archie 1 Centient AI 1 ChatGPT-4o 1 Descrybe.ai 1 Eve 1 GPT-3.5 1 Generative artificial intelligence (unsp 1 Ghostwriter Legal 1 Google AI Overview 1 Google Scholar 1 Grammarly 1 Grok 1 Legal Genius 1 Lexis 1 Lexis Nexis 1 Morgan & Morgan’s in-house Artificial In 1 OpenCase 1 OpenLaw 1 Perplexity AI 1 Westlaw CoCounsel 1 Westlaw’s CoCounsel 1 in-house AI database 1

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Referred to the bar GPT-3.5 2026-07-15

A lawyer filed AI-fabricated case law, and the court referred the matter to the bar.

Minhye Park v. Hon. Barrington D. Parker, et al. · S.D. New York · NY

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Minhye Park v. Hon. Barrington D. Parker, et al.; lawyer not named on the page.
The filing used GPT-3.5 and contained fabricated case law.
The court issued a bar referral.
S.D. New York; federal court in New York.
2026-07-15; the page says the AI use was by a lawyer.

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